Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Ickes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 4, 2005No. 13 WAP 2004PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

The Commonwealth appeals from a Commonwealth Court order holding § 904 of the Pennsylvania Game Code, 34 Pa.C.S. § 904, unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 1 We affirm.

On April 2, 1999, two Pennsylvania Game Commission Officers entered the property of Don Ickes, appellee, to question him about a possible violation of Pennsylvania game laws that occurred four months earlier. 2 The Game Officers approached Ickes in a cornfield where he was building a fence and asked him to produce identification; they refused to tell him what they…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DelgadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LylesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Molina, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Commonwealth v. SingletonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. DePaul v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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